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D. M. 8a T. H. PARRY. VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

No. 406,851. Patented July 9, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID M. PARRY AND THOMAS H. PARRY, OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.

VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,851, dated July 9, 1889.

Application tiled April l5, 1889. Serial No. 307,324. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAvID M. PARRY and THOMAS Il. IARRY, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of M arion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vchicle Attachments; and we do hereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shafts and shaft-clips for vehicles, the object of the invention being, primarily, to combine with a straight shafta curved clip or heel-iron of such construction as to be cheap, light, and substantial, provide the same with an adjustable spring-support, and provide means for adjusting said spring-support to different positions upon the clip, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained.

The invention consists in the combination, with a vehicleshaft, of a tubularor partially tubular clip flanged at its lower end to receive bolts that attach the axle thereto, substant-ially as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

It also consists in the combination, with a horizontally straight shaft, of a curved tubular or partially tubular clip embracing the shaft at its end and having a filling of wood or metal, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

It also consists in the combination of a horizontally straight shaft, a curved one-piece metal clip constructed from malleable iron, drawn or swaged steel, or other suitable metal, havingr a tubular or partially tubular body, flanged at its lower end, an axle, and a brace bolted to the flange at the sides of the axle at its lower end and to the shaft at its upper end in advance of the clip, substantially as hereinafter described.

lt also consists in the combination, with a shaft, of a tubular or partially tubular metal clip having a series of transverse holes therethrough, and a bolt having a re-enforced forward end with a curved or elongated head, and a shoulder to abut against the clip, and a link loosely Inountcd upon said bolt to support the vehicle-spring, substantially as hereinafter described.

It also consists in certain details of construction of the said clip and attachments, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l represents in central longitudinal section, partially in side elevation, a shaft, shaft-clip, and attachments constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal cross-section on dotted line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig. f, a sectional detail of a modied form of clip; Fig. el, enlarged details of the clip, showing two different kinds of illing-pieces; and Fig. 5 an enlarged detail of the spring hangerbolt.

In the drawings, A represents the shaft, whichwill be of usual material and of usual shape, with the exception that its rear end is straight instead of curved, as usual.

l; represents the axle, which will be of usual construction.

l represents the clip that secures the shaft and axle together, and l) the brace-rod.

rlhe clip C will preferably be made of Inalleable iron cast in one piece in tubular form, it being hollow from end to end, as shown at c', Fig. l. It is obvious, however, that said clip might be constructed of other metal, and instead of being substantially tubular in cross-section it Inight be swaged or shaped to the forni illustrated in Fig. 2x3-that is, partially tubular or U-shaped. In practice it is preferable to have the forward end of the clip bifurcated or cut away at its sides, as shown at c2, Fig. l,whereby two shaft-grasping arms are formed, which arms, being somewhat Ilexible, may be pressed to some extent into thc upper and under faces of the wooden shaft, which will preclude a possibility of lateral or longitudinal displacement, the shaft being secured by bolts ci, extended through the arms c2 and through the shaft vertically. As shown in the drawings, the shaft is driven into the clip between the arms, the bend or curvature of said clip preventing any backward Inovement of the same. The shaft is shown as held in place by two bolts, but if desired barbs or spurs might be formed upon the ends of the arms c2, to be pressed into the shaft and only one bolt be used, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l.

It is obvious that the forward end of the clip might be constructed to entirely incase TOO the end of the shaft, and therefore it is not desired to limit the invention to a bifurcated clip, as shown in Fig. l. The lower end of the curved clip will be flanged at c4 to form a bearing for the bolts that secure the clip to the axle.

The axle B, of usual construction, is secured between the clip C and a bracerod D by the verti cal bolts cl', that extend through the rear end of said rod and the fiange c4 of the clip at each side the axle, as shown, said bracerod being secured at its forward end to the shaft A at a point in advance of the clip C, which rod relieves the clip from direct strain resulting from the movements of the axle.

Formed through the clip C, at suitable distances, are a series of holes c5 c, to receive the bolt or device which supports the spring of the vehicle, the object of thcscries of holes being to allow interchanging of the springsupports, as when it is desired to hang the spring at a greater or lesser distance from the axle or the shaft, or when it is desired to elnploy a spring-support of different construcf tion from that illustrated in the drawings. e

A simple and effective spring-support is herein shown, which spring-support constitutes a part of this invention, it consisting of a bolt E, turned up at its forward end to form an elongated head or hook e', and re-enforced at its forward end to form a shoulder e2, to abut against the clip, a portion just in the rear of said 11e-enforced portion being square, as at e3, and seated in a square hole c in the clip C, the threaded reduced end extending through the opposite wall of the clip and being held by a nut e4, and a bifurcated link E, having an elongated eye at its upper end to encircle the forward end of the bolt E, which link has ambolt or equivalent e at its lower end to support the vehicle-spring. lf the U form of clip is used, (shown in Fig. 3,) afilling of wood or metal 08 will be preferably employed to form abearingfor the bolts, which are extended through the clip.

By the construction herein described it will be seen that astraight shaftmay be employed,

which obviates the necessity of bending, and

that a light, strong, and durable clip is proever, that the filling-piece might be of wood and held in place, as shown in the left-hand detail of Fig. Ll.

In Fig. 3 the clip C is shown a's flattened at its lower end and the axle as secured to the rear side thereof by horizontal bolts. This construction is sometimes desirable. There fore we do not desire to limit the' application to the exact construction of clip shown in Fig. l.

Ve claiml. The combination of a horizontallystraight shaft, a curved one-piece metal clip constructed from malleable iron or drawn or swaged steel, having a tubular or partially tubular body iianged at its lower end, an axle, and a brace bolted to the flange at the sides of and beneath the axle and to the shaft in ad van ce of the clip, substantially. as described.

2. The combination, with the shaft-clip, of the bolt E, having the elongated head e and re-cnforced portion at its forward end, and the reduced, screw-threaded, and square portions at its forward end, as shown, and the bifurcated spring-supportinglink E5, supported thereby, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID M. PARRY.

y THOMAS H. PARRY.

lVitn esses:

JOSEPH A. MINTURN, N. E. C. WHITNEY. 

